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Sounds more like a threat. I don't respond well to threats. Either you are able to present good reasons to believe your claims or you aren't. The fact that you must resort to threats suggests that the latter is most likely the case.it no offer .it a warning and your not refusing me anything and it wont go away .
How do you reconcile make believe with the following:That's because you live in a world of make believe.
and yet it remains - The Good news in the midst of all this is that we are more then a sack of chemicals .for in us was breathed the breath of life .Sounds more like a threat. I don't respond well to threats. Either you are able to present good reasons to believe your claims or you aren't. The fact that you must resort to threats suggests that the latter is most likely the case.
ummm -they ARE a minority .. the masses of the earth may not beleive in the same God but they certainly outnumber the athiest .. astoundinglyHow do you reconcile make believe with the following:
Time on the Gregorian & Julian calendars broken up into BC & AD.
Holy books everywhere; Scripture etched on buildings public & private; crosses erected on property; Scripture written on billboards; bumper stickers; religious iconography & symbols; beautiful edifices; hymns & holidays; hospitals, soup kitchens, missions, and humanitarian organizations; crosses on flags; wars fought in the name of religion; countries investing assets to eradication of Jews & Christians; websites; Christian schools & universities; public debates; books written on theology; picnics and the like?
If all this is make believe, then I would say atheists are the minority.
That's just your god, more people believe in other gods or none at all than believe in your god so which is the right god? none of them would be the best bet.How do you reconcile make believe with the following:
Time on the Gregorian & Julian calendars broken up into BC & AD.
Holy books everywhere; Scripture etched on buildings public & private; crosses erected on property; Scripture written on billboards; bumper stickers; religious iconography & symbols; beautiful edifices; hymns & holidays; hospitals, soup kitchens, missions, and humanitarian organizations; crosses on flags; wars fought in the name of religion; countries investing assets to eradication of Jews & Christians; websites; Christian schools & universities; public debates; books written on theology; picnics and the like?
If all this is make believe, then I would say atheists are the minority.
Depending on how old you are you might live to see atheists outnumber Christians in the US, not so astounding just a country growing up.ummm -they ARE a minority .. the masses of the earth may not beleive in the same God but they certainly outnumber the athiest .. astoundingly
Atheists are definitely in the minority.ummm -they ARE a minority .. the masses of the earth may not beleive in the same God but they certainly outnumber the athiest .. astoundingly
It might have something to do with the cultural pervasiveness of religion?Atheists are definitely in the minority.
One does tend to wonder why...since it's supposed to be the "default position"...
and yet it remains - The Good news in the midst of all this is that we are more then a sack of chemicals .for in us was breathed the breath of life .Yet what remains? You haven't made a point yet.
You seem to be stuck on the same program. Try Ctrl+Alt+Del.and yet it remains - The Good news in the midst of all this is that we are more then a sack of chemicals .for in us was breathed the breath of life .
the lord Jesus said .. "this is eternal life .. that they may know you the one true living God"
the good news is .. God has Made a way for us to be reconciled unto himself that we might once more "know him" on a personal level .for from the abundance of his heart he spoke to save us and his word became flesh and his name is JESUS and who ever believes on him will not perish but have everlasting life .
it is a very narrow view the narrow way that leads to eternal life .
and shall remain so .You seem to be stuck on the same program. Try Ctrl+Alt+Del.
Ctrl+Alt+Del didn't work? Have you tried turning it off again and on again?and shall remain so .
because it remains - The Good news in the midst of all this is that we are more then a sack of chemicals .for in us was breathed the breath of life .
the lord Jesus said .. "this is eternal life .. that they may know you the one true living God"
the good news is .. God has Made a way for us to be reconciled unto himself that we might once more "know him" on a personal level .for from the abundance of his heart he spoke to save us and his word became flesh and his name is JESUS and who ever believes on him will not perish but have everlasting life .
it is a very narrow view the narrow way that leads to eternal life .
To me, there is very little between Atheists and people who claim to be religious and don't practice any religion. To me, pople have to be active in their faith to be apart of their faith, because it is their God that they are trying to please. If they truly believe that God exists, then they understand that he can see what they are or are not doing and take steps accordingly. Thse who merely show up in church and go through the prescribed motions aren't really religious. I'd call them spiritual, but nothing else.Atheists are definitely in the minority.
One does tend to wonder why...since it's supposed to be the "default position"...
it remains -The Good news in the midst of all this is that we are more then a sack of chemicals .for in us was breathed the breath of life .
the lord Jesus said .. "this is eternal life .. that they may know you the one true living God"
the good news is .. God has Made a way for us to be reconciled unto himself that we might once more "know him" on a personal level .for from the abundance of his heart he spoke to save us and his word became flesh and his name is JESUS and who ever believes on him will not perish but have everlasting life .
it is a very narrow view the narrow way that leads to eternal life .
Atheists are definitely in the minority.
One does tend to wonder why...since it's supposed to be the "default position"...
Christians are in the minority as well, the world over. And, your particular brand of Christianity, likely makes you a minority amongst Christians.
I can fully understand why the majority of people claim to believe in a God. There is a long history of man creating Gods and beliefs are typically introduced to children very early in life and they latch onto that, at least for a period of time.
Here is reality though; beliefs in Gods has slowly but steadily declined the world over in the last 50 years and there appears to be a strong correlation between higher levels of education (learning about the universe) and moving away from a belief in God.
I dunno...
Here’s the breakdown of “The GlobalReligious Landscape,” based on an analysis of more than 2,500 censuses, surveys and population registers:
• 2.2 billion Christians (32 percent of the world’s population).
• 1.6 billion Muslims (23 percent).
• 1 billion Hindus (15 percent.
• 500 million Buddhists (7 percent).
• 400 million people (6 percent) practicing various folk or traditionalreligions, including African traditional religions, Chinese folk religions, American Indian religions and Australian aboriginal religions.
There are 14 million Jews, and an estimated 58 million people — slightly less than 1 percent of the global population – belong to other religions, including the Baha’i faith, Jainism, Sikhism, Shintoism, Taoism, Tenrikyo, Wicca and Zoroastrianism, “to mention just a few,” the studysays.
About half of all Christians in the world are Catholic, 37 percent are part of the Protestant tradition, 12 percent are Orthodox Greek or Russian.
The largest population of Christians (243 million) is found, incidentally, in the United States, followed by Brazil, Mexico, Russia, the Philippines, Nigeria and China.
Find the entire massive study here: http://www.pewforum.org/.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog...ulation-has-faith-third-are-ch/#ixzz3gGCZ70Ss
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If you need me to tell you how a human being is more than just a "bag of chemicals" then you are probably already knee-deep in nihilism.
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